Deborah van Eersel

Deborah van Eersel is the Chief of Staff and Director of Marketing for the University of Virginia Foundation. Deborah joined the Foundation in November of 2001 to promote the University of Virginia Research Parks and to help foster collaborative research relationships between Park tenants and the University of Virginia. In addition to promoting the Research Parks, Deborah assists with other projects associated with the Foundation’s development operations. Deborah is active in the community and serves on the several volunteer Boards, including the Thomas Jefferson Area United Way. Deborah previously had a twelve year career in association management, serving as Chief Executive Officer of the Charlottesville Area Association of REALTORS, focusing on leadership, business and process development, strategic planning and legislative affairs. Deborah received a BA in International Business and French from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, studied for a year at the Université de la Sorbonne in Paris, and is fluent in French. Deborah has been married to her Dutch husband Michel, a meeting and event planning consultant, for over twenty years and has a daughter in high school. Born in Bermuda, Deborah grew up in the Midwest and has called Charlottesville home for over twenty years.